A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Cherokee in Oklahoma. Unique identifier: us10005d99. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005d99. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.66 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:49:41 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5.66 km, -98.1078° West, 36.8252° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 06:49:41 / May 3, 2016 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Enid (c. 49 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Wellington (c. 8 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Blackwell (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wellington, Blackwell, Enid. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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